Saturday, December 13, 2014

Injustice: Gods Among Us Volume 2 by Tom Taylor

Genre:Suspense / Superheroes / Drama / Competition

Year Published:2013

Year Read: 12/13/2014

Series:Injustice: Gods Among Us #2

Publisher: DC Comics

Introduction:

So I just got through with
reading the first volume of Tom Taylor’s take on “Injustice: Gods Among Us” and I must admit that reading that
volume had gotten me pumped up for the second volume of this series!So, I went to the library to pick up the second
volume of “Injustice: Gods Among Us” and
man, was it just as interesting as the first volume!

What is this story
about?

Continuing off from the first volume, Superman along with
the Justice League continues to promote peace in the world, with the help from
a truly unlikely source, Lex Luthor!Meanwhile,
Batman continues to thwart Superman’s plans for world peace by instigating a
spy into the Justice League and once this spy is revealed to the team, Superman
starts making everything personal between him and Batman as he plans to reveal
Batman’s true identity to the world!

What I loved about
this story:

Tom Taylor’s writing: Tom Taylor has once again created a fascinating and intense story
about how the rivalry between Superman and Batman continues to escalate as both
heroes are trying to figure out ways to protect the world from each other.I really liked the fact that Tom Taylor explored the tough choices
that the heroes have to make in order to have a more peaceful world as you have
some of the heroes siding with Superman on maintaining world peace while you
have the other heroes siding with Batman to prevent Superman from going off the
deep end.I enjoyed the scenes where the
heroes from both sides of the rivalry were questioning both Batman and Superman’s
motives for their plans as it made the characters really believable to me and
it also had me thinking about whether or not Superman and Batman really had
everyone’s best interests in their minds. Another great aspect of this series
was the bantering between Harley Quinn, Green Arrow and Black Canary as I think
that they were the funniest characters in this entire series so far and I loved
the way that they all bring humor to this story, even though the majority of
this story is pretty dark.

Jheremy Raapack, Tom Derenick, Bruno Redondo and Mike S.
Miller’s artwork: Just like the
previous volume, the collaboration between Jheremy
Raapack, Tom Derenick, Bruno Redondo and Mike S. Miller on the artwork had
lent itself greatly to the characters and the events happening in this volume!I loved the way that all the artists in this
book made the action sequences so amazing to look at, especially with the
images of the explosions whenever a city is being blown up!

What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:

The reason why I gave this book a four star rating is
because I still have hang ups about the whole “heroes vs. heroes” story lines
that have been plaguing both DC and Marvel for years now.Even though I will admit that I am enjoying
this story, especially since we get to see Superman’s more aggressive side, it
still feels like another “Batman vs. Superman” story that I have read so many
times over and I wished that something different would be done about that
rivalry (I guess we will see in the next few volumes)!

Final Thoughts:

Overall, “Injustice:
Gods Among Us Volume Two” is another great volume that details Superman’s
growing aggressiveness with his plans for world peace and I definitely cannot
wait to see how this battle between Superman and the world will play out in
later volumes!

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